Eric O'Keefe

Eric O'Keefe is the chairman and CEO of the Sam Adams Alliance and former chairman of Americans for Limited Government.

He sits on the Board of the Institute for Humane Studies, the Center for Competitive Politics and Club for Growth Wisconsin, and chairs the Health Care Compact Alliance.

Other Affiliations

 * Board of Directors, Citizens in Charge, an Initiative and Referendum advocacy group.
 * President, Legislation Education Action Drive, voucher PAC.
 * Relationship to Kurt O'Keefe, petitioner of Michigan TABOR is unknown.
 * His address is same as that of "Rachel's Vineyard," an "abortion recovery" group.
 * Author of book on term limits
 * Longtime Libertarian Party activist, reportedly aligned with Ed Crane.

Howard Rich "and a rogue's gallery of wealthy pals got buddy Eric O'Keefe ensconced as national director of the Libertarian Party until O'Keefe's really ugly ouster at the national convention in 1981 or so, and they were set to get another of their cohorts elected party president until that plot unraveled on the convention floor in 1983. (If you're willing to kill an hour, you'll find the online archives of the Mises Institute fascinating at www.mises.org. Under "Journals," click "Libertarian Forum" and you'll find pdfs of Libertarian Party newsletters dating from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, when the party partly collapsed, partly converged with the Republican Party. They read like today's blogs, full of color and gossip and intrigue, and they chart the rising influence of Rich and his gaggle of trust-fund baby-boomers, sailing under the tutelage of Ed Crane.)"

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